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This paper will briefly introduce two of those purposes, and readers
are directed to an article Haegele, Lieberman, Lepore, and Lepore-
Stevens (2014) which thoroughly describes the purpose of the
Camp Abilities programmatic model.
First and foremost, Camp Abilities Alaska empowers school-
aged individuals with visual impairments and blindness to be
physically active members of their community. This purpose is
accomplished by teaching children about physical activities and
sports that they can play each and every day, as well as introducing
sports that are included in high-level competition (e.g.,
Paralympics). Further, the athletes learn modifications and
adaptations to common physical activities that they can use in their
physical education classes or community centers throughout the
year (Haegele et al., 2014).
A second purpose of Camp Abilities Alaska is to train pre-
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